- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Trochus shell armband. [ASh [OPS move] 15/11/2016]
- Long description
- Trochus shell armband. Incised lines drawn vertically down the object in bands. White in colour where the bands have been incised with brown spots present here too. Coloured gold on the interior. [ASh [OPS move] 15/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Morobe Province Tewai-Siassi District Umboi Island [Rook Island] Barim village
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 05/1937
- Date collected
- 24 May 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Snail-Shell Animal, Process Polished, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 8 mm, Diameter: max 93 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.986 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 929
Search terms: Ornament, Arm Ornament
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